The First Cultivator - Changing Existence

They managed to resist for three minutes, an incredible feat, before having to retreat off of the mountain top. The other two teams began to fight against each other without hesitation, while their team began to heal up.

There were only minor injuries, but what they needed to recover from most was exhaustion.

After ten minutes, they arrived at the top again. Almost at the same time, the second stronghold was sent retreating.

Skymender's team took the opportunity to quickly defeat the third stronghold team and occupy the top of the mountain.

They had a rare opportunity to stay atop the mountain with no enemies.

"They are sure to team up once again." Skymender said. "I say we do our best to prevent that from happening."

The other three nodded.

Skymender considered some possibilities, and had the team set up at the north stairway. They hid themselves and prepared to make a surprise attack. As expected, both teams came up together.

Luckily, they had actually come up on the north side.

They all launched surprise attacks.

The Spear Master managed to knock one of the Bow Masters weapons out of her hands. Within the same moment, he kicked her so hard that she flew off of the mountain top.

He took her bow and threw it down the opposite side of the mountain.

The Sword Master went for the other Bow Master, similarly taking his weapon off of him and kicking him down.

Like the Spear Master had done, he then threw the bow off of the other side of the mountain.

The Bow Master shot one of the Sword Masters in the forehead, and the Spear Master next to him kicked him down the stairs.

This left an even fight of three on three ignoring the scholars. After all, they were merely cannon fodder.

Even Skymender hardly counted as a true fighter.

A battle ensued. Skymender's team instantly gained the upper hand. After a brief fight, they sent the team retreating.

The plan had been a success. The only pity was that it was far harder to disarm a Sword Master or a Spear Master than it was to disarm a Bow Master.

The Bow Masters would have to spend time searching for their weapons down below, and even if they found it, the odds of them actually finding it within the hour were extremely low.

This time, they spent even more time occupying the mountain. All times combined, they had spent twenty minutes. No other team even had one.

It was at this point that the eight people returned. From the looks of it, this was to be their last attempt. Skymender attempted to set an ambush this time, but they came up a different set of stairs.

He was not omniscient after all.

They attacked hard, the Bow Masters taking over the weapons of the Scholars.

Skymender faced the two Bow Masters who did not have a bow, as well as the two scholars who were throwing arrows at him.

Skymender easily dispatched both scholars while fighting the two Bow Masters. Though they didn't have a bow, they were still difficult to defeat.

Skymender checked the situation of the others.

The Spear Master on Skymender's team, who was the strongest of the group, fought against both of the other Spear Masters simultaneously. Although it was a losing battle and he was focusing on defense, it still gave them a chance of victory.

Skymender used all of his available strength to fight off the two Bow Masters. Using Swords, they could at most display the prowess of a third rank Sword Master.

Skymender suffered a bit, but after five minutes, managed to knock out one of them and send the other tumbling off the mountain. Since this was their last attempt, there was no willing retreat.

He then shot over to assist the Sword Master.

Though the Spear Master was in a dangerous situation and on the verge of losing, Skymender's interference would not help much. It was better to help the Sword Master and then have the Sword Master help the Spear Master.

With Skymender's interference, the opposing Sword Master quickly succumbed to defeat.

In order to set their victory in stone, they made sure to knock away his Sword and send it hurling down the mountain this time, not giving him a chance to simply retreat.

The Sword Master then ran over to assist the Spear Master, while Skymender rushed over to help the Bow Master.

The Bow Master was fighting against the other Sword Master in the alliance.

She was holding her position well, only retreating slightly when necessary. After all, the bow was a ranged weapon. When Skymender joined in, however, her fighting style changed. She began to put pressure on the Sword Master, while Skymender proficiently disrupted his flow.

Meanwhile, the Spear Master and the Sword Master on Skymender's team began to push back the two Spear Masters they were fighting.

In three minutes, Skymender and the Bow Master defeated the remaining Sword Master, sending his sword flying off somewhere.

They then moved over to help the others.

In a four against two scenario, it only took a moment for the two Spear Masters to lose. Their spears were hurled far away.

They retreated down the mountain, weaponless.

Skymender's team sat in the middle of the mountain top. There was always a chance that most of them managed to find their weapons and organize a proper attack, so they stayed prepared.

However, as the hour passed, nobody showed up.

Even if two or three could find their weapons, it had been proven that at least five people would be needed to defeat their team.

When the hour passed, a loud bell was heard. This signaled the end of the competition, and the declaration of Skymender's team as the King's of the mountain top. Not long afterwards, everyone returned to the mountain top.

Although most people were only slightly injured, some were more injured than others. The two scholars, for example, were clearly in pain.

Skymender was the cause of most of that, but since he had been their competitor, they did not hold it against him.

The same person ascended the stand, just as before.

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